In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Would you think I was crazy
If I stripped on down to my skin or
Would you think I was free as a bee
C'mon tell me, tell me,
Tell the truth now
Would you think you could meditate
In the middle of the eye of a hurricane
Would you now but somehow
If we were tethered here together
We could weather out the weather here
Oh yeah I might be crazy,
But that's not the same as insane
And I'm scared,
But that's not the same as being afraid
If I throw myself over the edge
If I find myself in over my head
If I shatter from the fall and I lose
I'd still want to swan dive, into you
So tell me now what you're thinking
A Lincoln for your thoughts
Or a dollar for them all yeah
Well I can take the truth,
No I can't, yes I can
Tell me we were meant
To be, a happy accident
Would you cry if I said it
Would you get it if I told you
That I want you and I need you
Aw that wouldn't say enough
Hell I love you
How 'bout that yeah
Oh yeah I might be crazy,
But that's not the same as insane
And I'm scared,
But that's not the same as being afraid
If I throw myself over the edge
If I find myself in over my head
If I shatter from the fall and I lose
I'd still want to swan dive, into you
Oh yeah I might be crazy,
But that's not the same as insane
And I'm scared,
But that's not the same as being afraid
If I throw myself over the edge
If I find myself in over my head
If I shatter from the fall and I lose
I'd still want to swan dive, into you
If I throw myself over the edge
If I find myself in over my head
If I shatter from the fall and I lose
I'd still want to swan dive, into you.
If I stripped on down to my skin or
Would you think I was free as a bee
C'mon tell me, tell me,
Tell the truth now
Would you think you could meditate
In the middle of the eye of a hurricane
Would you now but somehow
If we were tethered here together
We could weather out the weather here
Oh yeah I might be crazy,
But that's not the same as insane
And I'm scared,
But that's not the same as being afraid
If I throw myself over the edge
If I find myself in over my head
If I shatter from the fall and I lose
I'd still want to swan dive, into you
So tell me now what you're thinking
A Lincoln for your thoughts
Or a dollar for them all yeah
Well I can take the truth,
No I can't, yes I can
Tell me we were meant
To be, a happy accident
Would you cry if I said it
Would you get it if I told you
That I want you and I need you
Aw that wouldn't say enough
Hell I love you
How 'bout that yeah
Oh yeah I might be crazy,
But that's not the same as insane
And I'm scared,
But that's not the same as being afraid
If I throw myself over the edge
If I find myself in over my head
If I shatter from the fall and I lose
I'd still want to swan dive, into you
Oh yeah I might be crazy,
But that's not the same as insane
And I'm scared,
But that's not the same as being afraid
If I throw myself over the edge
If I find myself in over my head
If I shatter from the fall and I lose
I'd still want to swan dive, into you
If I throw myself over the edge
If I find myself in over my head
If I shatter from the fall and I lose
I'd still want to swan dive, into you.
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